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Originally Posted by sabredog
I do remember Dymocks making a fairly quiet argument regarding the issue. But I cannot recall the other booksellers making a big argement about it. You would think it would have been in their best interest to take a bigger campaign to the government.
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Dymocks was actually one of the most vocal supporters of parallel imports, and a leading partner in the lobby group. They sent around a petition to their mailing list, at least to members of their Booklovers program. I'm not a member of A&R or Borders so I don't know if they did anything similar, but certainly they weren't otherwise actively involved.
A&R have been in trouble for a long time. Do you remember a few years ago when they told publishers they would be charging shelf space?
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Unfortunately Dymocks is expensive and uninterested in assisting customers to order books they simply do not sell. But they seem to be in a much stronger position than RedGroup.
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Obviously your mileage varied, but I have always found Dymocks staff excellent - it's one of the reasons I was loyal to them for so long. Its prices are on par with other Australian bookshops - expensive, but that is usually due to local publishers. I obtained many special orders from them in the past without any fuss. And they did jump on the e-reader bandwagon early with the iLiad - unfortunately this may have put them off trying again now that it's becoming more mainstream.